Camps and Camping

News about Camps and Camping, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 24, 2015

Jennifer Weiner Op-Ed article describes sending her daughter off to two separate summer camps, one which allowed her to use her phone and one that allowed no electronics; reflects that it was uncomfortable to be bombarded with her daughter's near-constant text messages while at the first camp, but anxiety-provoking when she did not hear from her at all while attending second one. MORE

Jun. 18, 2015

May. 24, 2015

Op-Ed article by Christopher Solomon deplores fact that Washington State is offering 'glamping,' or glamorous camping, options in its public parks; questions propriety of segregating parks by visitors' wealth in an age of rising income inequality; points to decline in state funding of public parks as reason why states are beginning to offer such services. MORE

May. 1, 2015

Author Adam Ross describes how a camping trip with his fiance one week before their wedding went awry; reflects that dangers they faced in the woods helped prepare him for challenges of marriage. MORE

Apr. 5, 2015

Travel Q&A with Jim Rogers, chairman and chief executive of Kampgrounds of America, in which he discusses company's strategy for broadening appeal of camping to Americans. MORE

Oct. 5, 2014

Chuck Klosterman The Ethicist column answers questions about summer camp allowing Mormon teenager to drink coffee and Pilates instructor who advertises her PhD credentials, despite having a PhD in finance. MORE

Sep. 8, 2014

Open Source Gallery holds its seventh annual Soap Box Derby on 17th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn; children constructed vehicles from salvaged materials over the course of a weeklong camp, with their entries judged on speed, design, engineering and originality. MORE

Sep. 7, 2014

Lindsay Crouse travel article on taking part in the Bear Grylls Survival Academy 24-Hour Adult Course in Colorado, an expedition branded by the adventure travel television host that teaches grown-ups to fend for themselves in the wild. MORE

Sep. 7, 2014

WeWork, which rents shared office space, runs an adults-only summer camp for its members; founders Adam Neumann, his wife Rebekah Paltrow Neumann and Miguel McKelvey say camp is a perk intended to inspire its members. MORE

Aug. 23, 2014

Samuel G Freedman On Religion column observes that the Hindu Heritage Summer Camp just outside of Rochester, NY, is part of rich American history of religious groups using summer camps to strengthen beliefs of young people. MORE

Aug. 23, 2014

Beefsteak cookout is highlight of family camp K-20 on the shores of Lake Kanawauke in Harriman State Park in New York State that dates back to 1919; dozens of families spend the entire summer here, some for generations; rustic retreat has nine outhouses, no televisions and spotty cellphone service but children spend hours indulging in swimming, boating, hiking and softball (Series: Summer In...). MORE

Aug. 7, 2014

Camp Rav Tov D’Satmar in the Catskills is one of nation's largest sleep-away boys' camps, where 3,000 Hasidic boys study the Torah or Talmud; exercise at camp is hedged by rigorous Hasidic traditions and the athletic facilities are neglected; even leisure-time activities tend toward the Talmudic (Series: Summer In...). MORE

Jul. 25, 2014

Tornado rips through popular Cherrystone Family Camping Resort in Cape Charles, Va, uprooting trees, killing two people and injuring 36 others. MORE

Jul. 20, 2014

Smith Henderson Lives essay recalls attending Bible camp as a child; describes botched camp activity that involved counselors acting as bandits, and how he wanted raid to be real because of the thrill of the feeling of persecution. MORE

Jul. 13, 2014

Camp directors in and around New York City's five boroughs say the children of well-off families from Beijing, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo now annually join their American peers in city's sports centers, acting studios, science labs and swimming pools; many families from Asia see day camp in New York as a 'luxury brand.' MORE

Jul. 12, 2014

Ann Carrns Your Money Adviser column suggests that affordable day camps offer school-age children and working parents a great option for managing summer break; notes cost of such camps qualifies for child and dependent care tax credit, adding to their value. MORE

Jul. 6, 2014

Campowerment is a women-only camp in the Catskills that features group bonding, Color Wars and even some lessons in pole dancing. MORE

Jul. 1, 2014

Boy at San Diego Boy Scout camp dies from gunshot wound to the head, and police are investigating whether the shooting was self-inflicted or accidental; officials are unclear as to how gun had gotten into camp, which offered no firearms activities. MORE

Jun. 29, 2014

Niki Acosta, manager of Asphalt Green, nonprofit camp run for New York City children, describes her typical Sunday routine. MORE

Jun. 19, 2014

Some summer camps are banning all talk of physical appearance, including compliments, in effort to give children a break from such pressures and concerns and encourage them to focus on other things. MORE

Jun. 12, 2014

Gadgetwise column assesses range of camping devices that incorporate new technology. MORE

Jun. 8, 2014

Pamela Paul First Person column observes that the only thing she learned while attending summer camp as a child was shame; holds that people who like camp are outgoing, outdoorsy and outward bound--qualities that she does not possess. MORE

May. 15, 2014

Number of retirees who are taking to open road and living and traveling in recreational vehicles is growing; RV landscape has changed considerably in last decade because of new technologies and active lifestyle embraced by baby boomers. MORE

Dec. 15, 2013

Corey Kilgannon Character Study column on Jens Rasmussen, actor who runs side business teaching backwoods skills, such as lighting fire using flint, from waterfront lot in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. MORE

Sep. 8, 2013

John Eligon Ozarks Journal; Cactus Canyon Campground, all-male hideaway tucked in Missouri Ozarks, is place where gay men can be unabashedly celebratory; 700-acre clothing-optional retreat is in its 15th season, and so popular that owners Jim Thideman and Chaz Franzke are in process of tripling its RV capacity and installing second pool. MORE

Aug. 25, 2013

Artist Thomas Stevenson has created Bivouac New York, rooftop camp in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where he invites strangers to share his tents and take night off from their routines. MORE

Aug. 8, 2013

Governors Island makes exception once a year to its no-camping rule, and many New Yorkers wait all year for experience of having an island to themselves in middle of a city of eight million; yearly campout has been held since 2008 by Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, nonprofit organization that promotes the city’s waterways, as part of a daylong festival on the island (Series: Summer Shorelines). MORE

Jul. 21, 2013

Bruce Feiler This Life column observes that many summer camps have outlawed care packages, in effort to stop hyper-competitive parents from sending overly fancy ones; notes that ban has only led families to develop increasingly elaborate smuggling routines. MORE

Jul. 14, 2013

Look column presents photos of families camping out in Yellowstone National Park. MORE

Jul. 11, 2013

Klaus Biesenbach, director of MoMA PS1 in Queens, discusses the Colony, temporary art camp set up in museum's courtyard; camp hosts artists, activists and designers for weeklong sessions and is part of Expo 1: New York, art event exploring planet's environmental challenges. MORE

Jul. 7, 2013

Technology-addicted adults can temporarily take a break from the digital world at Camp Grounded, adults-only summer camp in Navarro, Calif, that prohibits phones, computers, tablets and watches; camp is organized by Digital Detox, an Oakland-based group dedicated to teaching tech-addled people to 'disconnect to reconnect.' MORE

Jul. 7, 2013

Roundup of several camp and retreat programs that bring adults together, often requiring them to disconnect from technology that dominates their lives. MORE

Jun. 30, 2013

Ginia Bellafante Big City column on Feminist Camp, weeklong camp founded by activists Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner to teach high school students practical applications of feminism; holds that enterprise is needed at time when women's rights are still under attack and many teenagers feel that there is stigma attached to being a feminist. MORE

Jun. 25, 2013

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Jun. 16, 2013

Bruce Kirby travel article on hiking trip through Utah's Uinta Mountains with his 4-year-old son, a family friend and several pack goats. MORE

Jun. 7, 2013

These graphics-emblazoned A-frame structures give a whole new meaning to the term “glamping.” MORE

Dec. 30, 2012

Melissa Johnson Box Seats essay recalls how a snow camping trip in the Adirondacks helped her, a documentary filmmaker living in New York City, return to her country roots. MORE

Sep. 23, 2012

Some couples are hosting their destination weddings at favorite summer camps, welding the feel of a family reunion with a marriage celebration. MORE

Aug. 26, 2012

Alex Hutchinson travel article on 12-day canoe trip he took near the Arctic Circle, paddling down the Snake River in the Yukon; at times, he and his fellow explorers were 100 miles from even the rudest cart track. MORE

Aug. 15, 2012

Plan by Western Kentucky Minerals to develop a coal mine around a Girl Scout camp in Utica, Ky, exposes shifting alliances between environmental and business interests; opponents are preparing to appeal, though they may be evenly matched by supporters, as coal supplies 96 percent of Kentucky's electricity. MORE

Jul. 20, 2012

Skudin Surf offers a week-long surf camp for children on Rockaway Beach in Queens. MORE

Jul. 19, 2012

Children in camps and schools across the United States have embraced a fast-paced game called gaga, which is played in a pit and resembles dodge ball; game, believed to have originated in Israel, has been a standby at Jewish summer camps and community centers for decades before going mainstream. MORE

Jul. 15, 2012

Justin Wedes and Rodney Deas, two original members of the Occupy Wall Street movement, open an unsanctioned, unofficial summer camp in a former schoolhouse in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that follows in the spirit of the movement. MORE

Jul. 15, 2012

Ellen Barry travel article on vacationing at a traditional tent camp in the Mongolian mountains. MORE

Jul. 14, 2012

Girls Rock Camp in Atlanta teaches 10- to 16-year-old girls to play rock music, and is an example of a growing trend across the world of summer rock camps specifically for girls. MORE

Jul. 11, 2012

Summer camp food has increasingly become camp cuisine, transformed from an afterthought to a prominent place at the table with camps no longer hiring cooks, but chefs; rising number of campers and counselors with food allergies has also prompted change. MORE

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